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Founded by Jean Bousquet in 1962.1
Cacharel was created in 1958 by the French politician Jean Bousquet in Nîmes, where he was mayor of the commune for two mandates.
Jean Bousquet was the son of a sewing machine salesman; he was immersed in the world of clothes-making since childhood. He trained to be a tailor at a technical college and worked for two years as a designer before returning to Paris to found his own fashion house in Le Marais. The success of his first collection inspired him to create Cacharel.
The pink seersucker blouse designed in the autumn of 1963, worn by the model Nicole de Lamargé on the cover of Elle in 1966 in a photograph by Peter Knapp, became a best-seller and launched Cacharel onto the international stage.
A number of designers subsequently moved to Cacharel, including his sister-in-law Corinne Sarrut, agnès b., Lolita Lempicka, Emmanuelle Khanh, Corinne Cobson, Japanese designer Atsuro Tayama, the duo Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto (who brought back the romantic style with an emphasis on Liberty prints), and Clemens Ribeiro. From 2009 to 2011, Cédric Charlier was in charge of women's design at Cacharel, with 4 seasons. He was replaced in 2011 by Ling Liu and Dawei Sun.
From 2009 to 2012, Cacharel had a licensing agreement with Aeffe Group to manufacture and distribute the line worldwide. In 2010, the brand sold its men’s wear division to Turkey’s Aydınlı Group, which had held the license for 14 years, for an undisclosed sum. In 2017, Aydınlı Group Ownership switched into Turkey's TMSF Fund due connections of FETÖ,Later in 2025, TMSF Sold Aydınlı Group's Company's, Including Turkish Licensee of Cacharel, U.S Polo ASSN and French Pierre Cardin, To HRK Holding (Known with brand Saat&Saat).
In 2014, Cacharel suspended production of its children and men’s lines to focus exclusively on women’s ready-to-wear. It reintroduced the men’s line in 2019.
In 2016, Cacharel commissioned architect Jean Nouvel to design the concept for its French stores.
From Wikipedia’s article on Cacharel, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4